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Re: [Ianaplan] A draft for your review

Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> Tue, 02 September 2014 02:57 UTC

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Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> On 02/09/2014 03:22, Richard Hill wrote:
> ...
>
>> Yes, but, but thus far there has been a contract between NTIA and ICANN that clearly had precedence over the ICANN bylaws.
> IANAL, but I find it very hard to believe that a contract can have
> precedence over the by-laws of a corporation. At the least it suggests
> a serious failure of due diligence before signing the contract.
>
>
Since it's the NTIA contract that grants ICANN the authority to perform 
the IANA functions, of course it has precedence.  Now, one might argue 
that the contract is in breach, because ICANN signed a contract that's 
in violation of its by-laws, in which case.... <what?>.  But, just 
because ICANN's bylaws says that it has the authority, doesn't mean it does.

Miles Fidelman

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